A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ridgely in Tennessee on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.54 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:06:20 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 11:06:20 / October 22, 2018 @ 11:06 am. Exact location of event, depth 6.54 km, -89.4328° West, 36.2712° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hfk6. Id of event: us1000hfk6.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kennett (c. 10 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Covington, Osceola, Brownsville.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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